Reggae Gold 2008 promises to deliver the best
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- Reggae Gold 2008 promises to deliver the best
- Monty Alexander’s Lords of the West Indies
- Gambia: What’s n – a Chat With DJ Pisces… Honoured 2007 Best…
- Tisdale relishes his second act as a musician
- My Generation Review: Elvis Costello ‘My Aim Is True’
Reggae Gold 2008 promises to deliver the best
Jamaica bserver – Feb 29, 2008
Reggae Gold 2008 promises to deliver the best – JAMAICABSERVER. It is usually laden with some of the hottest joints as well as song that have the potential to make it into the US mainstream… By the way belated happy birthday wishes are in order for Ce’Cile. She marked another milestone last Sunday. Music video director Jason Williams more popularly known as Jay Will recently snagged the award for Best Dancehall Music video for his work on Shaggy’s Church Heathen (remix). Williams who is currently in Austria working on a video for Shaggy’s theme song for the UFA Cup says he has a movie coming out later this year. Mr Vegas is in the studios working on a flood of songs for the summer. Fans can look out for the video for the remix of Tek Weh Yuself which features Lil Kim and Kat Deluna. Soul singer Cezar has released a hot new video for the track Will You Be which is featured on the Legal rhythm from Renaissance.
Monty Alexander’s Lords of the West Indies
Jamaica bserver – Feb 29, 2008
In addition to being the best musician he can be Alexander’s most important objective – whether his vehicle is reggae or jazz or soul small combo or symphony – is to express the joy of music to all within earshot regardless of prevailing differences in taste or culture. Recently Splash spoke to Monty Alexander and here is what he had to say. Splash: How did your interest in jazz develop and at what age did you begin playing?Monty Alexander: The main thing for me was music in all its forms and I began playing music at about 4 years old. Jazz is one form of music and I was exposed to it in a very definite way when I saw Louis Armstrong and Nat ‘King’ Cole at the Carib theatre in Kingston. Splash: Who were some of your earlier musical influences? MA: From Sugar Belly to Louis Armstrong from Roy Rogers to Nat ‘King’ Cole from Franz Liszt to Art Tatum from Aubrey Adams to Minister Robert Lightbourne – in other words anything that was good to my ears and spirit. Splash: How many albums have you released to date? MA: Close to 70. Splash: How successful have your reggae experiments been? MA: They were more fulfilling and successful than I could have ever imagined… Splash: Who were some of your earlier musical influences? MA: From Sugar Belly to Louis Armstrong from Roy Rogers to Nat ‘King’ Cole from Franz Liszt to Art Tatum from Aubrey Adams to Minister Robert Lightbourne – in other words anything that was good to my ears and spirit. Splash: How many albums have you released to date? MA: Close to 70. Splash: How successful have your reggae experiments been? MA: They were more fulfilling and successful than I could have ever imagined. I have seen entire families attending my concerts where the grandparents were fans of mine from long ago their children picked up on my musical efforts and their grandchildren were with them grooving to the Jamaican rhythms. What more wonderful sight than to see three generations grooving to your music!Splash: What kind of influence did Coxsone Dodd have on you musically?MA: Coxsone Dodd had a great personal influence on me. My pianistic influences go back to Art Tatum and Nat ‘King’ Cole.
Gambia: What’s n – a Chat With DJ Pisces… Honoured 2007 Best…
AllAfrica.com – Feb 29, 2008
Since then he has been in the forefront of the Gambia’s music industry and has been very instrumental in the entertainment scene which earned him to get as many fans as possible especially among the youth folk. Virtually all his shows the young selector hot-golden fingers and selecting skills is just great. He has the ability to virtually move a crowd of youngsters especially music enthusiast when it come to reggae vibes. Pisces founded netribe Sound years ago and this sound is now internationally recognised. netribe Sound has representative both in England and Belgium as well. It was established in the United States and since then has been breaking international records. Pisces is currently one of DJ’s at West Coast Radio station.
Tisdale relishes his second act as a musician
ESPN – Feb 29, 2008
Saxophonist Kirk Whalum once described Tisdale as big bass player with a big sound but a gentle heart and soft music. Tisdale doesn’t like to restrict his genre to just jazz. “It has its jazzy moments but I think it’s just music” Tisdale said. “You’ll hear bits of country gospel reggae when you come to one of my shows. When you think of jazz a lot of people think it’s old men in a smoky room playing. Which brings us to the subject of misconceptions. African-Americans make up a majority of NBA players but that doesn’t make it a black sport.
My Generation Review: Elvis Costello ‘My Aim Is True’
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Feb 29, 2008
htm –>My Generation Review: Elvis Costello ‘My Aim Is True’Friday February 29 2008By Annie Maroon 16 junior Greater Latrobe High School LatrobeLater this year on July 28 the versatile Elvis Costello will perform at the Post-Gazette Pavilion with the well-known new wave band The Police. More than 30 years ago in the popular music scene Costello was something of an odd man out. Punk bands like the Sex Pistols received lots of media attention but pop bands like The Eagles still ruled mainstream radio. Costello and his music did not fit either mold although he has said that his 1977 debut album “My Aim Is True” was influenced by The Clash’s first album. n The Clash’s debut however the band was angry about the state of the government while Costello directed his venom toward women who had wronged him. His results were mostly brilliant… Pinning down his exact influences is difficult because his music is rather quirky with a diverse range of sounds from song to song. “Mystery Dance” twitches with nervous energy and frustration while “Alison” his best-known song is deceptively mellow almost like a country ballad. The album even produced a minor hit with the reggae-influenced “Watching the Detectives. Guitars and drums are usually secondary to Costello’s famously clever lyrics. He tends to focus on the flaws in himself as well as others and practically sums up his existence in the first two lines of “Red Shoes. ” He discusses skinheads and fascism in “Less Than Zero” but the most memorable moments on the recording come when he discusses his less-than-satisfactory love life.
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